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  1. Rethinking IT in Construction and Engineering : Organisational readiness
    Autor*in: Alshawi, Mustafa
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  Taylor & Francis

    How could the potential of IT be realised to improve business performance in architecture, construction and engineering organisations? How could organisations unleash the potential of IT to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage? How can... mehr

     

    How could the potential of IT be realised to improve business performance in architecture, construction and engineering organisations? How could organisations unleash the potential of IT to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage? How can organisations migrate from technology to IT-enabled business thinking? Based on the author's twenty years research experience, this book provides a holistic picture of the factors that enable architecture, construction and engineering organisations to explore the potential of IT to improve their businesses and achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. It raises awareness of the importance of the organisational 'soft issues' and the role they play in influencing the outcome of IT investments as well as addressing other complementary enablers, such as knowledge management, learning organisations, maturity models and e-readiness measurements. Real case studies are used throughout the book to illustrate various concepts and to provide the reader with a realistic and practical picture. Rethinking IT in Construction & Engineering is ideal for lecturers and researchers in architecture, construction and engineering as well as professionals at managerial level in industry.

     
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    Schlagworte: Architecture: professional practice; Building construction & materials
    Weitere Schlagworte: Alignment; Amp; Applications; Approach; Approaches; Bridging
    Umfang: 1 electronic resource (289 p.)
  2. Mongrel Nation : Diasporic Culture and the Making of Postcolonial Britain
    Autor*in: Dawson, Ashley
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  University of Michigan Press

    Mongrel Nation surveys the history of the United Kingdom's African, Asian, and Caribbean populations from 1948 to the present, working at the juncture of cultural studies, literary criticism, and postcolonial theory. Ashley Dawson argues that during... mehr

     

    Mongrel Nation surveys the history of the United Kingdom's African, Asian, and Caribbean populations from 1948 to the present, working at the juncture of cultural studies, literary criticism, and postcolonial theory. Ashley Dawson argues that during the past fifty years Asian and black intellectuals from Sam Selvon to Zadie Smith have continually challenged the United Kingdom's exclusionary definitions of citizenship, using innovative forms of cultural expression to reconfigure definitions of belonging in the postcolonial age. By examining popular culture and exploring topics such as the nexus of race and gender, the growth of transnational politics, and the clash between first- and second-generation immigrants, Dawson broadens and enlivens the field of postcolonial studies.

     
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    Schlagworte: Literature: history & criticism
    Weitere Schlagworte: Literary Criticism; European; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
  3. Dancing Postcolonialism : The National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica
    Autor*in: Sörgel, Sabine
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  transcript Verlag, Bielefeld

    This book presents the first in-depth critical and historical examination of the internationally renowned National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica (NDTC) in the context of postcolonial theatre. Combining a postcolonial theoretical framework with... mehr

     

    This book presents the first in-depth critical and historical examination of the internationally renowned National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica (NDTC) in the context of postcolonial theatre. Combining a postcolonial theoretical framework with performance studies and dance analysis, the study examines the interrelationship of Jamaican modern dance theatre aesthetics and the Caribbean's complex cultural genealogy since 1492. Addressing issues of postcolonial nationalism and Jamaican identity politics, the book provides the first comprehensive study of the NDTC's modern dance theatre works as it situates dance theatre choreography at the centre of postcolonial independence politics and cultural theory in the Caribbean.

     
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    ISBN: 9783839406427; 9783899426427
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    Schlagworte: Dance
    Weitere Schlagworte: Theatre; Dance; Cultural Studies; Postcolonial Studies; Postcolonialism; Theatre Studies
    Umfang: 1 electronic resource (230 p.)
  4. The Politics of Imagination : Benjamin, Kracauer, Kluge
    Autor*in: Forrest, Tara
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  transcript Verlag, Bielefeld

    This book explores Walter Benjamin, Siegfried Kracauer and Alexander Kluge's analyses of the role that a rejuvenation in the capacity for imagination can play in encouraging us to reconceive the possibilities of the past, the present, and the future... mehr

     

    This book explores Walter Benjamin, Siegfried Kracauer and Alexander Kluge's analyses of the role that a rejuvenation in the capacity for imagination can play in encouraging us to reconceive the possibilities of the past, the present, and the future outside of the parameters of the status quo. The concept of imagination to which the title of the book refers is not a strictly defined, stable concept, but rather a term which is employed to refer to a capacity that facilitates both an active, creative relationship to one's environment, and a process of mediation between the outside world and one's own experiences and memories. Through a detailed analysis of their engagements with subjects that span a broad range of historical and thematic contexts (including topics as diverse as literature, children's play, film, photography, history, and television) the book charts the extent to which the concept of imagination plays a central role in Benjamin, Kracauer, and Kluge's explorations of a mode of perception and experience which could serve as a catalyst for the creation and sustenance of a desire for a different kind of future.

     
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    ISBN: 9783839406816; 9783899426816
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    Schlagworte: Media studies
    Weitere Schlagworte: Movie; Media; Culture; Literature; Imagination; Walter Benjamin; Siegfried Kracauer; Alexander Kluge; Aesthetics; Film; Media Theory; Media Philosophy; Cultural Theory; Media Studies
    Umfang: 1 electronic resource (198 p.)
  5. The Poetry of Anna Akhmatova : A Conquest of Time and Space
    Autor*in: Ketchian, Sonia I.
    Erschienen: 1986
    Verlag:  Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, Bern

    The present study, the first of ist kind, goes beyond the investigation of separate pieces of verse to their intermeshing with one another in the creative output of Akhmatova to express the gist of her poetics, on the one hand, and with world... mehr

     

    The present study, the first of ist kind, goes beyond the investigation of separate pieces of verse to their intermeshing with one another in the creative output of Akhmatova to express the gist of her poetics, on the one hand, and with world literature and culture as important instruments, on the other. Includes texts in Russian, with translations into English.

     
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    Schlagworte: Literature & literary studies
    Weitere Schlagworte: Akhmatova; Anna; Conquest; Ketchian; Linguistik; Literaturwissenschaft; Lyrik; Philologie; Poetry; Russland; Space; Time
    Umfang: 1 electronic resource (225 p.)
  6. Hermann Hesse and His Critics : The Criticism and Bibliography of Half a Century
    Autor*in: Mileck, Joseph
    Erschienen: 1958
    Verlag:  University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill

    Originally published in celebration of Hermann Hesse's 80th birthday, this highly documented study, practical handbook, and reference work for Hesse scholarship is presented in three parts. Mileck gives a short biography of Hesse's life and a general... mehr

     

    Originally published in celebration of Hermann Hesse's 80th birthday, this highly documented study, practical handbook, and reference work for Hesse scholarship is presented in three parts. Mileck gives a short biography of Hesse's life and a general characterization of his writing, followed by a critical history of Hesse scholarship through 1957 organized chronologically, categorically and thematically. Finally he presents an exhaustive bibliography containing more than 1800 items of all the works by and about Hesse.

     
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    Schlagworte: Literature: history & criticism
    Weitere Schlagworte: German Studies; Literature
    Umfang: 1 electronic resource (358 p.)
  7. Realism and Reality : Studies in the German Novelle of Poetic Realism
    Autor*in: Silz, Walter
    Erschienen: 1954
    Verlag:  University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill

    In this 1954 study of poetic realism and the "Novelle" form, Silz examines nine "Novellen" by Brentano, Arnim, Droste-Hülshoff, Stifter, Grillsparzer, Keller, Meyer, Storm and Hauptmann. Through his textual interpretation of each of these works Silz... mehr

     

    In this 1954 study of poetic realism and the "Novelle" form, Silz examines nine "Novellen" by Brentano, Arnim, Droste-Hülshoff, Stifter, Grillsparzer, Keller, Meyer, Storm and Hauptmann. Through his textual interpretation of each of these works Silz draws the threads of the transition from Romanticism to Naturalism as well as the development of the "Novelle" form.

     
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    Schlagworte: Literature: history & criticism
    Weitere Schlagworte: German Studies; Literature
    Umfang: 1 electronic resource (174 p.)
  8. Ludwig Tieck and America
    Autor*in: Matenko, Percy
    Erschienen: 1954
    Verlag:  University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill

    This study explores the question of Tieck's reception in and influence on the American literary scene before 1900, with the additional goal of shedding light on the reception in America of German Romanticism as a whole. Matenko investigates... mehr

     

    This study explores the question of Tieck's reception in and influence on the American literary scene before 1900, with the additional goal of shedding light on the reception in America of German Romanticism as a whole. Matenko investigates representation of Tieck in American magazines, books and text books, American translations of his work, his relationships with American authors including Poe and Hawthorne, and also includes a list of American books in Tieck's personal library.

     
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    Schlagworte: Literature: history & criticism
    Weitere Schlagworte: Poetry; German Studies; Literature
    Umfang: 1 electronic resource (132 p.)
  9. Stripping, Sex, and Popular Culture
    Autor*in: Roach, Catherine M.
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  Berg Publishers, Oxford

    At the heart of Stripping, Sex, and Popular Culture lies a very personal story, of author Catherine Roach's response to the decision of her life-long best friend to become an exotic dancer. Catherine and Marie grew up together in Canada and moved to... mehr

     

    At the heart of Stripping, Sex, and Popular Culture lies a very personal story, of author Catherine Roach's response to the decision of her life-long best friend to become an exotic dancer. Catherine and Marie grew up together in Canada and moved to the USA to enroll in PhD programs at prestigious universities. For various reasons, Marie left her program and instead chose to work as a stripper. The author, at first troubled and yet fascinated by her friend's decision, follows Marie's journey into the world of stripping as an observer and analyst. She finds that this world raises complex questions about gender, sexuality, fantasy, feminism, and even spirituality. Moving from first hand interviews with dancers and others, the book broadens into a provocative and accessible examination of the current popularity of "striptease culture," with sex-saturated media imagery, thongs gone mainstream, and stripper aerobics at your local gym. Stripping, Sex, and Popular Culture scrutinizes the naked truth of a lucrative industry whose norms are increasingly at the center of contemporary society.Moving from first hand interviews with dancers and others, this book

    broadens into an accessible examination of the popularity of "striptease

    culture," with sex-saturated media imagery, and stripper aerobics at

    your local gym. It aims to scrutinize the truth of a industry whose

    norms are increasingly at the center of contemporary society.Catherine M. Roach is Associate Professor of New College, and Affiliated Faculty in Religious Studies and Women's Studies, at The University of Alabama, USA. She received her PhD from Harvard University in 1998 and is also the author of Mother / Nature: Popular Culture and Environmental Ethics (Indiana University Press, 2003).

     
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    Schlagworte: Cultural studies; Gender studies, gender groups; Social theory
    Weitere Schlagworte: cultural studies; sociology; culturele studies; sociologie; Human sexuality; Prostitution; Sex-positive movement; Strip club; Stripper; Striptease
    Umfang: 1 electronic resource (224 p.)
  10. Anthropology and the Bushman
    Autor*in: Barnard, Alan
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  Berg Publishers, Oxford

    'The Bushman' is a perennial but changing image. The transformation of that image is important. It symbolizes the perception of Bushman or San society, of the ideas and values of ethnographers who have worked with Bushman peoples, and those of other... mehr

     

    'The Bushman' is a perennial but changing image. The transformation of that image is important. It symbolizes the perception of Bushman or San society, of the ideas and values of ethnographers who have worked with Bushman peoples, and those of other anthropologists who use this work. Anthropology and the Bushman covers early travellers and settlers, classic nineteenth and twentieth-century ethnographers, North American and Japanese ecological traditions, the approaches of African ethnographers, and recent work on advocacy and social development. It reveals the impact of Bushman studies on anthropology and on the public. The book highlights how Bushman or San ethnography has contributed to anthropological controversy, for example in the debates on the degree of incorporation of San society within the wider political economy, and on the validity of the case for 'indigenous rights' as a special kind of human rights. Examining the changing image of the Bushman, Barnard provides a new contribution to an established anthropology debate.'The Bushman' is a perennial but changing image. It symbolizes the

    perception of Bushman or San society, of the ideas and values of

    ethnographers who have worked with Bushman peoples, and those of other

    anthropologists who use this work. This book reveals the impact of

    Bushman studies on anthropology and on the public.Alan Barnard is Professor of the Anthropology of Southern Africa at the University of Edinburgh.

     
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    Schlagworte: Social & cultural history; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
    Weitere Schlagworte: geschiedenis; antropologie; history; anthropology
    Umfang: 1 electronic resource (192 p.)
  11. Moving Forward, Looking Back : The European Avant-garde and the Invention of Film Culture, 1919-1939
    Autor*in: Hagener, Malte
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  Amsterdam University Press

    This first critical overview of the European film avant-garde ushers in a new approach and creates its own subject. Arguing that a European perspective is the only way to understand the film avant-garde of the 1920s and 1930s, Hagener provides a... mehr

     

    This first critical overview of the European film avant-garde ushers in a new approach and creates its own subject. Arguing that a European perspective is the only way to understand the film avant-garde of the 1920s and 1930s, Hagener provides a much-needed summary of the theory and practice of the movement. This incisive study also pioneers a new approach to the alternative cinema network that sustained the avant-garde, paying particular attention to the emergence of screening clubs, film festivals, and archives. De avant-gardecinema in de jaren '20 en '30, was de eerste echte filmbeweging in Europa. Deze beweging bestond uit een kleine maar zeer dynamische groep filmmakers, die zich vestigde in steden als Amsterdam, Berlijn, Londen, Parijs en Moskou. Behalve met het maken van vooruitstrevende films, hielden deze cineasten zich ook bezig met de programmering van bioscopen en het organiseren van tentoonstellingen. Verder ontwikkelden ze filmtheorieën, brachten tijdschriften uit en richtten filmacademies op. De avant-gardisten hielden zich bezig met cinema in zijn totaliteit en probeerden film te veranderen in een geheel eigen medium en kunstvorm. Maar belangrijker was dat zij de cinema op de kaart hebben gezet als aparte culturele stroming en esthetische vorm van expressie. Hoewel ze niet al hun gestelde doelen hebben bereikt, slaagden de filmmakers er wel in filmcultuur te veranderen. Veel van hun ideeën en ontwikkelingen laten tot op de dag van vandaag hun sporen na. Malte Hagener gaat tot in detail in op de ontwikkeling van de avant-gardistische cinema. Van de ruïnes van de Eerste Wereldoorlog tot de hoopvolle jaren '20, gevolgd door de komst van geluidsfilm en de ontwikkeling van verschillende filmgenres in de jaren '30.

     
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    Schlagworte: Film, TV & radio; Society & culture: general
    Weitere Schlagworte: culture and instituten; motion pictures; film; culture and institutions
    Umfang: 1 electronic resource (376 p.)
  12. Film Architecture and the Transnational Imagination : Set Design in 1930s European Cinema
    Autor*in: Bergfelder, Tim; Harris, Sue; Street, Sarah
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  Amsterdam University Press

    Film Architecture and the Transnational Imagination presents for the first time a comparative study of European film set design in the late 1920s and 1930s; based on a wealth of designers' drawings, film stills and archival documents, the book offers... mehr

     

    Film Architecture and the Transnational Imagination presents for the first time a comparative study of European film set design in the late 1920s and 1930s; based on a wealth of designers' drawings, film stills and archival documents, the book offers a new insight into the development and significance of trans-national artistic collaboration during this period. European cinema from the late 1920s to the late 1930s is famous for its attention to detail in terms of set design and visual effect. Focusing on developments in Britain, France, and Germany, Film Architecture and the Transnational Imagination: Set Design in 1930s European Cinema provides a comprehensive analysis of the practices, styles, and function of cinematic production design during this period, and its influence on subsequent filmmaking patterns. In Film Architecture and the Transnational Imagination wordt verteld hoe grote Europese filmstudio's in Berlijn, Parijs en Londen dienden als artistieke broedplaatsen. Ze boden werkgelegenheid voor artiesten, architecten en ontwerpers van binnenlandse en buitenlandse bodem. Met behulp van een groot aantal tekeningen en stills uit films, wordt in het boek onderzocht hoe decorontwerpers in samenwerking met regisseurs en cineasten hedendaagse ideeën en ontwikkelingen verwerkten in de visuele en decoratieve kunst, architectuur en urban design en hoe zij deze ideeën toegankelijk maakten voor een breed publiek.

     
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    ISBN: 9789053569801
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    Schlagworte: Film, TV & radio; Society & culture: general
    Weitere Schlagworte: culture and instituten; motion pictures; film; culture and institutions
    Umfang: 1 electronic resource (320 p.)
  13. Film Festivals : From European Geopolitics to Global Cinephilia
    Autor*in: de Valck, Marijke
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  Amsterdam University Press

    Film festivals are hugely popular events that attract lovers of cinema worldwide. Focusing on the world's most famous festivals - Cannes, Berlin, Venice and Rotterdam - Film Festivals tells the story of a phenomenon that began in the midst of... mehr

     

    Film festivals are hugely popular events that attract lovers of cinema worldwide. Focusing on the world's most famous festivals - Cannes, Berlin, Venice and Rotterdam - Film Festivals tells the story of a phenomenon that began in the midst of geopolitical disputes in war-torn Europe. De Valck shows how festivals turned the odds into advantages and developed into a successful global network. Taking into account the oft multilateral influences of major actors, such as Hollywood, the avant-garde and political/economic agenda's, the book offers a comprehensive understanding of film festivals. A must-read for everyone interested in quality film cultures that revolve around cultural value, aesthetic innovation and socio-political relevance. Filmfestivals zijn razend populaire evenementen. Niet verwonderlijk, want naast het zien van de nieuwste films, komt men uiteraard ook voor de 'glitter and glamour' dat onlosmakelijk met filmfestivals verbonden is. Film Festivals is het boek bij uitstek dat zich richt op deze en andere facetten die het filmfestival tot een wereldwijd succesvol netwerk hebben gemaakt. Film Festivals vertelt het verhaal van een fenomeen dat begon gedurende de geopolitieke strijd in het door oorlog verscheurde Europa, toegespitst op de meest belangrijke festivals: Cannes, Berlijn, Venetië en Rotterdam. Het boek biedt een vernieuwende kijk op het fenomeen filmfestivals door vanuit een breed perspectief onderwerpen als het festivalprogramma, de festivalprijzen, de nationale regelgeving en marketing, het cinefiele aspect, de glamour, en de filmmarkt te belichten. Film Festivals is een must voor iedereen die geïnteresseerd is in de toestand van globale filmculturen en de manier waarop zij zichzelf weten te handhaven door middel van een dynamische mix van culturele waarden, esthetische innovatie, en socio-politiek belang.

     
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    Schlagworte: Film, TV & radio
    Weitere Schlagworte: motion pictures; film
    Umfang: 1 electronic resource (280 p.)
  14. Strindberg on Drama and Theatre
    Autor*in: Törnqvist, Egil; Steene, Birgitta
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  Amsterdam University Press

    Sweden's August Strindberg (1849-1912) has long been recognised as one of the leading dramatists around the turn of the last century. His electrifying theatre work resonated with the public in his lifetime, and continues to grip playwrights and... mehr

     

    Sweden's August Strindberg (1849-1912) has long been recognised as one of the leading dramatists around the turn of the last century. His electrifying theatre work resonated with the public in his lifetime, and continues to grip playwrights and audiences today. A restless innovator of various drama forms, he was a source of inspiration for Eugene O'Neill, Samuel Beckett and Ingmar Bergman, and has proved seminal to the development of modern drama. His preface to Miss Julie and his prefatory note to A Dream Play are well known and often reprinted. What is less well known is that Strindberg frequently commented on drama and theatre in general, and on his own plays and their staging in particular. This book presents the most important of these comments, chronologically assembled and annotated, many of them for the first time in an English translation. An essential resource for those interested in one of the most influential modern playwrights and for the dedicated theatre lover. De Zweedse August Strindberg (1849-1912) wordt gezien als een van de meest belangrijke toneelschrijvers van rond de eeuwwisseling. Zijn choquerende theaterstukken had veel weerklank bij het publiek in die tijd, en inspireert tot op de dag van vandaag toneelschrijvers en publiek.Strindberg was een onophoudelijke innovator van verschillende theatervormen, een bron van inspiratie voor onder meer Eugene O'Neill, Samuel Beckett en Ingmar Bergman en heeft een vruchtbare bodem gelegd voor het moderne toneel. Zijn voorwoord voor Miss Julie en zijn inleiding bij A Dream Play zijn alom bekend en vaak herdrukt. Wat minder bekend is, is dat Strindberg veel toneelstukken recenseerde en kritieken schreef over het theater in z'n algemeen, en zijn toneelstukken in het bijzonder. Dit boek bevat de meest belangrijke van zijn kritieken, chronologisch weergegeven en geannoteerd, waarvan vele voor het eerst in het Engels.

     
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    Schlagworte: Theatre studies
    Weitere Schlagworte: theater; stage presentations
    Umfang: 1 electronic resource (256 p.)
  15. ‘A world-proof life’
    Autor*in: Wyndham, Marivic
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  UTS ePRESS, Broadway

    Eleanor Dark (1901-1985) is one of Australia's most celebrated writers of the inter-war years. Born with the twentieth century - a Federation baby - she published ten novels, amongst them one of the best loved Australian stories of all time, The... mehr

     

    Eleanor Dark (1901-1985) is one of Australia's most celebrated writers of the inter-war years. Born with the twentieth century - a Federation baby - she published ten novels, amongst them one of the best loved Australian stories of all time, The Timeless Land. Her life spanned successive global crises - two world wars, the economic depression of the 1930s, the Cold War - each issuing its own challenges to the artist and the people's writer she thought herself to be. By far the most privileged writer of her generation, her ultimate challenge was a personal one: to unlock the gates of her world-proof life to a society and a world in crisis. The first cross-cultural biography of this famous Australian writer, Marivic Wyndham's rich and controversial portrait of Eleanor Dark is based on extensive research of the author's public and private lives.

     
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  16. Association of Architecture Schools in Australasia
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  UTS ePRESS, Broadway

    "Techniques and Technologies: Transfer and Transformation", proceedings of the 2007 AASA Conference held September 27-29, 2007, at the School of Architecture, UTS. mehr

     

    "Techniques and Technologies: Transfer and Transformation", proceedings of the 2007 AASA Conference held September 27-29, 2007, at the School of Architecture, UTS.

     
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  17. The Merchant in German Literature of the Enlightenment
    Autor*in: Van Cleve, John W.
    Erschienen: 1986
    Verlag:  University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill

    John Van Cleve analyzes the influence of the merchant class on what Leo Balet termed the 'Verburgerlichung' (the 'becoming middle-class') of German literature during the eighteenth century. He describes the origins and development of the class and... mehr

     

    John Van Cleve analyzes the influence of the merchant class on what Leo Balet termed the 'Verburgerlichung' (the 'becoming middle-class') of German literature during the eighteenth century. He describes the origins and development of the class and examines its successive images in works by Haller, Schnabel, Borkenstein, Luise Gottsched, J. E. Schlegel, Gellert, and Lessing. Between the years 1729 and 1750, merchants were better able to lend financial support to the literary world than were civil servants and professionals. Although merchants were central in the cultural life of the German states, they were usually less educated than other members of their social stratum and therefore less disposed to literature. Tradition has cast the merchant class in a highly unflattering light as ethically indefensible. Van Cleve's in-depth analysis traces the evolution of attitudes toward merchants from negative, underdeveloped images to positive, heroic portrayals.

     
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    Schlagworte: Literature: history & criticism
    Weitere Schlagworte: German Studies; Literature
    Umfang: 1 electronic resource (192 p.)
  18. The Ennobling Power of Love in the Medieval German Lyric
    Autor*in: Kaplowitt, Stephen J.
    Erschienen: 1986
    Verlag:  University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill

    Every handbook of medieval German literature has stressed the importance of love's ennobling power as a motif in the Minnesang, yet prior to this volume no study had attempted to assess its significance on the basis of its actual occurrence. In this... mehr

     

    Every handbook of medieval German literature has stressed the importance of love's ennobling power as a motif in the Minnesang, yet prior to this volume no study had attempted to assess its significance on the basis of its actual occurrence. In this volume Stephen Kaplowitt scrutinizes the entire lyric production of Minnesänger from Der von Kürenberg to Walther von der Vogelweide, identifying and analyzing every example of the motif. He concludes that, although the motif is widespread, its significance has been considerably exaggerated.

     
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    Schlagworte: Literature: history & criticism
    Weitere Schlagworte: Poetry; German Studies; Literature
    Umfang: 1 electronic resource (224 p.)
  19. Lived Temporalities : Exploring Duration in Guatemala. Empirical and Theoretical Studies
    Autor*in: Mahler, Julia
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  transcript Verlag, Bielefeld

    In contemporary global capitalist culture, time-consciousness becomes more important than self-consciousness. In the realm of lived time, the identity of the self opens up to an encounter with otherness. Insights into the ways in which this dynamic... mehr

     

    In contemporary global capitalist culture, time-consciousness becomes more important than self-consciousness. In the realm of lived time, the identity of the self opens up to an encounter with otherness. Insights into the ways in which this dynamic unfolds enable one to affirm human temporalities in their potential difference to the temporalities of global capitalism. The book offers an empirical exploration of lived temporalities on markets, in buses and in traditional subsistence in Guatemala, and a theoretical exploration of these through the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and inter-relational approaches within psychoanalysis.

     
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    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9783839406571; 9783899426571
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    Schlagworte: Cultural studies
    Weitere Schlagworte: Time; Guatemala; Deleuze; Inter-relational Theory; Ethnography; Culture; Ethnology; Cultural Studies; Sociology of Culture
    Umfang: 1 electronic resource (280 p.)
  20. Disclosing Horizons
    Autor*in: Temple, Nicholas
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  Taylor & Francis

    This study examines the influence of perspective on architecture, highlighting how critical historical changes in the representation and perception of space continue to inform the way architects design. Since its earliest developments,... mehr

     

    This study examines the influence of perspective on architecture, highlighting how critical historical changes in the representation and perception of space continue to inform the way architects design. Since its earliest developments, perspective was conceived as an exemplary form of representation that served as an ideal model of how everyday existence could be measured and ultimately judged. Temple argues that underlying the symbolic and epistemological meanings of perspective there prevails a deeply embedded redemptive view of the world that is deemed perfectible. Temple explores this idea through a genealogical investigation of the cultural and philosophical contexts of perspective throughout history, highlighting how these developments influenced architectural thought. This broad historical enquiry is accompanied by a series of case-studies of modern or contemporary buildings, each demonstrating a particular affinity with the accompanying historical model of perspective.

     
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    Sprache: Englisch
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    ISBN: 9780203968109; 9780415416535; 9780415283571; 9781134117086; 9781134117079; 9781134117031
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    Schlagworte: Architecture; History of architecture
    Weitere Schlagworte: platonic; cosmology; fischer; von; erlach; prisca; theologia; stanza; della; segnatura
  21. The Subject of Race in American Science Fiction
    Autor*in: DeGraw, Sharon
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  Taylor & Francis

    While the connections between science fiction and race have largely been neglected by scholars, racial identity is a key element of the subjectivity constructed in American SF. In his Mars series, Edgar Rice Burroughs primarily supported essentialist... mehr

     

    While the connections between science fiction and race have largely been neglected by scholars, racial identity is a key element of the subjectivity constructed in American SF. In his Mars series, Edgar Rice Burroughs primarily supported essentialist constructions of racial identity, but also included a few elements of racial egalitarianism. Writing in the 1930s, George S. Schuyler revised Burroughs' normative SF triangle of white author, white audience, and white protagonist and promoted an individualistic, highly variable concept of race instead. While both Burroughs and Schuyler wrote SF focusing on racial identity, the largely separate genres of science fiction and African American literature prevented the similarities between the two authors from being adequately acknowledged and explored. Beginning in the 1960s, Samuel R. Delany more fully joined SF and African American literature. Delany expands on Schuyler's racial constructionist approach to identity, including gender and sexuality in addition to race. Critically intertwining the genres of SF and African American literature allows a critique of the racism in the science fiction and a more accurate and positive portrayal of the scientific connections in the African American literature. Connecting the popular fiction of Burroughs, the controversial career of Schuyler, and the postmodern texts of Delany illuminates a gradual change from a stable, essentialist construction of racial identity at the turn of the century to the variable, social construction of poststructuralist subjectivity today.

     
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  22. The Transformation of Urban Space in Post-Soviet Russia
    Autor*in: Brade, Isolde; Axenov, Konstantin; Bondarchuk, Evgenij
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  Taylor & Francis

    In the years since 1989, the societies of Russia and Eastern Europe have undergone a remarkable transformation from socialism to democracy and free market capitalism. Making an important contribution to the theoretical literature of urbanism and... mehr

     

    In the years since 1989, the societies of Russia and Eastern Europe have undergone a remarkable transformation from socialism to democracy and free market capitalism. Making an important contribution to the theoretical literature of urbanism and post-communist transition, this significant book considers the change in the spatial structure of post-Soviet urban spaces since the period of transition began. It argues that the era of transformation can be considered as largely complete, and that this has given way to a new stage of development as part of the global urban and economic system: post-transformation. The authors examine the modern trends in the urban development of western and post-socialist countries, and explore the theories of the transformation and post-transformation of urban space. Providing a wealth of detailed qualitative research on the Russian city of St. Petersburg, the study examines the changing structure of its retail trade and services sector. Overall, this book is an important step forward in the study of the spatial dynamics of urban transformation in the former communist world.

     
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  23. Wittgenstein's Novels
    Autor*in: Klebes, Martin
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  Taylor & Francis

    Analyzing features of Wittgenstein's philosophical work and including in-depth textual analyses, this study investigates the impact of Ludwig Wittgenstein's work on contemporary German and French novelists. Drawing upon aesthetics,... mehr

     

    Analyzing features of Wittgenstein's philosophical work and including in-depth textual analyses, this study investigates the impact of Ludwig Wittgenstein's work on contemporary German and French novelists. Drawing upon aesthetics, architectural history, philosophy of science, and photography, the book seeks to explain why references both to Wittgenstein as a person, as well as to his work are more pervasive than other equally renowned twentieth century philosophers and asks why some authors such as Händler and Roubaud, are less well-known and only partially translated into Eng.

     
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  24. Housing and Social Transition in Japan
    Beteiligt: Hirayama, Yosuke (Hrsg.); Ronald, Richard (Hrsg.)
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  Taylor & Francis

    Bringing together a number of perspectives on the Japanese housing system, Housing and Social Transition in Japan provides a comprehensive, challenging and theoretically developed account of the dynamic role of the housing system during a period of... mehr

     

    Bringing together a number of perspectives on the Japanese housing system, Housing and Social Transition in Japan provides a comprehensive, challenging and theoretically developed account of the dynamic role of the housing system during a period of unprecedented social and economic change in one of the most enigmatic social, political, and economic systems of the modern world. While Japan demonstrates many of the characteristics of some western housing and social systems, including mass homeownership and consumption-based lifestyles, extensive economic growth and rapid urban modernization has been achieved in balance with traditional social values and the maintenance of the family system. Helpfully divided into three sections, Housing and Social Transition in Japan: explores the dynamics of the development of the housing system in post-war Japan deals with social issues related to housing in terms of social aging, family relations, gender and inequality addresses the Japanese housing system and social change in relation to comparative and theoretical frameworks. As well as providing challenges and insights for the academic community at large, this book also provides a good introduction to the study of Japan and its housing, economic, social and welfare system generally.

     
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  25. Keeping up Her Geography
    Autor*in: Kennedy, Tanya ann
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  Taylor & Francis

    Recently, literary critics and some historians have argued that to use the language of separate spheres is to "mistake fiction for reality." However, the tendency in this criticism is to ignore the work of feminist political theorists who argue that... mehr

     

    Recently, literary critics and some historians have argued that to use the language of separate spheres is to "mistake fiction for reality." However, the tendency in this criticism is to ignore the work of feminist political theorists who argue that a range of ideologies of the public and private consistently work to mask gender inequalities. In Keeping Up Her Geography, Tanya Ann Kenedy argues that these inequalities are shaped by multiple, but interconnected, spatial constructions of the public and private in US culture. Moreover, the early twentieth century when key spatial concepts – the nation, the urban, the regional, and the domestic – were being redefined is a pivotal era for understanding how the public-private binary remains tenaciously central to the defining of gender. Keeping Up Her Geography shows that this is the case in a range of literary and cultural contexts: in feminist speeches at the World’s Columbian Exposition, in middle-class women’s urban reform texts, in southern writer Ellen Glasgow’s novels, and in the autobiographical narratives of Zora Neale Hurston and Agnes Smedley.

     
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    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Ebook
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    ISBN: 9780203944493; 9780415979498; 9781138813946; 9781135863333; 9781135863326; 9781135863289
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    Schlagworte: Literature: history & criticism
    Weitere Schlagworte: private; binary; womans; building; female; subject; van; vorst; store; porch